Reactive turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 only released yesterday, but it's already passed an impressive sales milestone. The debut game from Sandfall Interactive has sold 500,000 copies in just one day.

And perhaps therein lies the secret to its success. The studio is small, independent, and able to follow its own direction without answering to shareholders. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a AA game, not a AAA, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the game’s gorgeous art and engrossing, haunting soundtrack.